4. James Franco as Allen Ginsberg

4. James Franco as Allen Ginsberg

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James Franco, right, played beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 2010's "Howl," about Ginsberg and the legal fight over his famous poem. This still from the film (with Aaron Tveit) mimicked a classic photograph of Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky in Paris.

James Franco, right, played beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 2010's "Howl," about Ginsberg and the legal fight over his famous poem. This still from the film (with Aaron Tveit) mimicked a classic photograph of Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky in Paris. (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

James Franco, right, played beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 2010's "Howl," about Ginsberg and the legal fight over his famous poem. This still from the film (with Aaron Tveit) mimicked a classic photograph of Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky in Paris.